Wyres Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 1
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 1
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 1
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 9
Warwickshire 2
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 4
Yorkshire 11

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Wyres Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wyres family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 6
Holloware Iron Turner 2
Coal Miner 1
Coal Miners Wife 1
Letter Press Printer 1
Milliner 1
Colliery Labourer 1
Iron Roller 1
Spring Balance Maker 1
Wife 1
Laundress 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Joiner 1
Blacksmith 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Wyres

Name Census Frequency
Mary Wyres 19
William Wyres 17
John Wyres 16
Thomas Wyres 11
Sarah Wyres 10
James Wyres 7
Samuel Wyres 7
Ellen Wyres 6
Alfred Wyres 5
Elizabeth Wyres 5
Edward Wyres 4
George Wyres 4
Ann Wyres 3
Arthur Wyres 3
Edith Wyres 3
Emily Wyres 3
Emma Wyres 3
Fanny Wyres 3
Florence Wyres 3
Hannah Wyres 3
Jane Wyres 3
Martha Wyres 3
Rebecca Wyres 3
Abraham Wyres 2
Alice Wyres 2

Wyres Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Wyers 60% 1,596
2 Wyres 100% 212

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The surname Wyres is the 2nd most popular variant of Wyers.

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